Poverty & Inequality in United Kingdom 134 indicators covering poverty & inequality for United Kingdom. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 83rd Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 83rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 66.25 million people 2021 up 5.7% 13th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 83rd Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 83rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 47.02 million people 2021 up 16.1% 6th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 15.2% 2021 down 22.8% 101st Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 83rd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 0.9% 2021 up 28.6% 104th Number of people living in extreme poverty 66.72 million people 2021 up 5.8% 21st Distribution of population between different poverty lines 267,936 people 2021 up 41.2% 57th Number of people living in extreme poverty 267,936 people 2021 up 41.2% 57th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 0.9% 2021 up 28.6% 104th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 83rd Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 5.6% 2021 up 14.3% 65th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 11.7% 2021 up 1.7% 56th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 18.7% 2021 down 1.6% 53rd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 29.8% 2021 down 17.2% 103rd Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 83rd Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.5% 2021 unchanged 94th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 83rd Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 1.1% 2021 up 22.2% 105th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 267,936 people 2021 up 41.2% 57th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 47.02 million people 2021 up 16.1% 6th Gini coefficient 0.3242 2021 down 2.3% 78th Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 0.6% 2019 unchanged 93rd Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% 81st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2981 2024 down 4.8% 32nd Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.2981 2024 down 4.8% 32nd Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 66.03 million people 2021 up 6.0% 8th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.2% 2021 down 0.9% 84th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 27.5% 2021 down 18.5% 98th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.2% 2021 down 0.9% 84th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 164,282 people 2021 up 5.0% 58th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.5% 2021 up 0.8% 90th Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.7% 2021 down 1.3% 98th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.2% 2021 down 0.9% 85th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 29.7% 2023 down 7.5% 24th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 22.0% 2023 down 12.0% 25th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 37.2% 2018 up 4.2% 3rd At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 21.9% 2018 down 0.5% 2nd Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 23.6% 2018 up 10.8% 28th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age 0.76 Number 2018 up 180.0% 18th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 8.0% 2018 up 60.0% 3rd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 21.0% 2018 down 11.8% 7th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 17.2% 2018 up 44.5% 17th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 67.3% 2018 down 9.1% 36th Share of population living in extreme poverty 1.0% 2018 unchanged 14th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 2.8% 2018 up 64.7% 27th Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 21.4% 2018 unchanged 21st Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 38.2% 2018 down 4.5% 10th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 11.1% 2018 up 98.2% 19th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 11.5% 2018 up 64.3% 19th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0162 2024 down 72.8% 14th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 18.2% 2018 down 2.7% 2nd Subjective poverty by sex and age 12.8% 2018 down 22.0% 29th Subjective poverty by tenure status 12.8% 2018 down 22.0% 29th Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 down 66.7% 9th Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 43.3% 2022 up 22.5% 10th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 9.9% 2018 — 24th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →